- Bruce Fairbairn was a Canadian musician and international record producer from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was active as a producer from 1976 to1999 and is considered one of the best of his era. His most successful productions are Slippery When Wet and New Jersey by Bon Jovi, Permanent Vacation, Pump, and Get a Grip by Aerosmith, and The Razors Edge by AC/DC, each of which sold at least five million copies each. He was originally a trumpet player and then started a career as a record producer for Canadian rock band Prism. He won the Canadian music industry Producer of the Year Juno Award 3 times. He produced albums for many famous international artists such as Loverboy, Blue Öyster Cult, Poison, Scorpions, Van Halen, Chicago, The Cranberries, INXS, KISS and Yes. His style was notable for introducing dynamic horn arrangements into rock music productions.
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- In the early 70s, Fairbairn started producing when he was part of the Vancouver band jazz-rock group Sunshyne, on which he played both trumpet and horn.
- During the mixing sessions for Yes' The Ladder, on May 17, 1999, Fairbairn was found dead by Yes singer Jon Anderson and Armoury manager Sheryl Preston in his Vancouver home.
- In 1980, Fairbairn won his first of three Canadian music industry Producer of the Year Juno Awards for Prism's third album Armageddon.
- In March 2000, Fairbairn was posthumously awarded the Canadian Music Hall of Fame Juno Award for his work.
- Fairbairn played the trumpet since the age of 5, as well as studying the piano.
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